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Gaga

I’ve heard how great Gaga is by many dancer friends and it was a form of dance I was curious to try, yet never had a chance to… And this past June, I finally had opportunity to take few Gaga people classes led by Yoshifumi Inao. Materials were so explosive and rich, and I definitely hoped for more opportunities to take the classes, to dig deeper into the work.

So I felt so lucky when I found out that Kaha:wi Dance Theatre were holding Gaga classes during their summer program, and I had to sign myself in.

This week, I got to spend 3hrs each day in this super sensible and dynamic work, taught by beautifully dynamic Jye-Hwei Lin, who dances with LeeSaar The Company in New York. She guided us wonderfully, and the movement ideas were very much in her body that there were lots to learn just by watching her move.

One of many exciting new ideas that I learnt this week was “always find room for your heart”. I guess that can be interpreted in multi ways, but I believe she was giving that as a physical task, which was something really new to me.

Learning new way of movement idea is like learning a new language; it requires trying different organizing principals and going through awkwardness… Though recently, I started to feel more capable to make connections within different physical practices, and I’m curious to start applying what I’ve gained this week into my dancing…!